 Boidae
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A family of snakes comprising the boas, anacondas, and pythons. They occupy a variety of habitats through the tropics and subtropics and are arboreal, aquatic or fossorial (burrowing). Some are oviparous, others ovoviviparous. Contrary to popular opinion, they do not crush the bones of their victims: their coils exert enough pressure to stop a prey's breathing, thus suffocating it. There are five subfamilies: Boinae, Bolyerinae, Erycinae, Pythoninae, and Tropidophiinae. (Goin, Goin, and Zug, Introduction to Herpetology, 3d ed, p315-320)
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D017821
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B01.050.150.900.833.672.125.500
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| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2011 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2024 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Boidae" by people in Profiles.
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Xiao S, Wang M, Martin TG, Scott B, Fang X, Liu X, Yang Y, Fu S, Truong SD, Gugel JF, Maas GL, Mullen MP, Hill JH, Li VL, Markhard AL, Zhao M, Qi W, Reghupaty SC, Zhao M, Spaas J, Wei W, Moholdt T, Hawley JA, Voldstedlund CT, Richter EA, Chen X, Svensson KJ, Bernstein D, Leinwand LA, Xu Y, Long JZ. Python metabolomics uncovers a conserved postprandial metabolite and gut-brain feeding pathway. Nat Metab. 2026 Apr; 8(4):869-884.
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Hunt DR, Allen H, Martin TG, Feghali SN, Chuong EB, Leinwand LA. Genome report: first whole genome assembly of Python regius (ball python), a model of extreme physiological and metabolic plasticity. G3 (Bethesda). 2025 11 12; 15(11).
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Tan Y, Peter AK, Ozeroff CD, Leinwand LA. Python cardiomyocytes store lipids to buffer against hyperlipidemia. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2025 09; 1551(1):159-166.
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Martin TG, Hunt DR, Langer SJ, Tan Y, Ebmeier CC, Leinwand LA. Regression of postprandial cardiac hypertrophy in burmese pythons is mediated by FoxO1. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2024 Oct 08; 121(41):e2408719121.
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Martin TG, Leinwand LA. Molecular regulation of reversible cardiac remodeling: lessons from species with extreme physiological adaptations. J Exp Biol. 2024 10 15; 227(20).
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Crocini C, Woulfe KC, Ozeroff CD, Perni S, Cardiello J, Walker CJ, Wilson CE, Anseth K, Allen MA, Leinwand LA. Postprandial cardiac hypertrophy is sustained by mechanics, epigenetic, and metabolic reprogramming in pythons. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2024 Sep 03; 121(36):e2322726121.
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Tan Y, Martin TG, Harrison BC, Leinwand LA. Utility of the burmese Python as a model for studying plasticity of extreme physiological systems. J Muscle Res Cell Motil. 2023 Jun; 44(2):95-106.
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Magida JA, Tan Y, Wall CE, Harrison BC, Marr TG, Peter AK, Riquelme CA, Leinwand LA. Burmese pythons exhibit a transient adaptation to nutrient overload that prevents liver damage. J Gen Physiol. 2022 04 04; 154(4).
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Westfall AK, Perry BW, Kamal AHM, Hales NR, Kay JC, Sapkota M, Schield DR, Pellegrino MW, Secor SM, Chowdhury SM, Castoe TA. Identification of an integrated stress and growth response signaling switch that directs vertebrate intestinal regeneration. BMC Genomics. 2022 Jan 04; 23(1):6.
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Card DC, Adams RH, Schield DR, Perry BW, Corbin AB, Pasquesi GIM, Row K, Van Kleeck MJ, Daza JM, Booth W, Montgomery CE, Boback SM, Castoe TA. Genomic Basis of Convergent Island Phenotypes in Boa Constrictors. Genome Biol Evol. 2019 11 01; 11(11):3123-3143.
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